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John Mulaney Reviews

Comedy & Stand-up

Average customer review: 4.5 star rating (4.3 Stars)

Number of reviews: 29

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5.0 star rating Emily from Ottawa, Ontario

LOVED HIM

LOVED THE ENTIRE SHOW, EVERYONE WALKED OUT LAUGHING. <3 <3

5.0 star rating JF from Montreal, Quebec

VERY GOOD SHOW

Had a wonderful time! The show was really great although the temperature was warm inside the theather ! Glad to get such great comedians in Montreal!

5.0 star rating Mary Lee from New York, New York

SMART AND HILARIOUS!

John Mulaney is the smartest most hilarious comedian on the scene today especially for the white formerly Catholic millennials and even their parents. His opening act was a C+ but the musical guest was a disaster and an insult to the ticket holders. Other than that it was a laugh out loud experience for all. Highly recommend and I would see him again.

5.0 star rating LauraD from Miami Beach, FL

VERY FUNNY

We caught one of John Mulaney’s shows at The Wilbur Theater in Boston. John manages to tell the story of his drug addiction and intervention in hilarious fashion. He came across very authentic. I hope he stays sober because he is an amazing talent with a strong career ahead.

5.0 star rating DEE from Boston, Massachusetts

BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!

Fantastic and hilarious from start to finish. We wanted to get back in line and stay for the 10:00 show we loved it so much.

5.0 star rating Sue from Boston, Massachusetts

HILARIOUS!!

John is hilarious! My favorite! Loved and laughed every minute! Hope he keeps coming back

5.0 star rating Don Crisp ( mrdoncrisp@gmail.com) from Las Vegas, Nevada ( in a dingy motel room huddled over a Dell Computer)

MASTERFUL AND HONEST

John I know you will read this - because you love attention. You did a fantastic job last night. I raced thru the god forsaken streets to get to your show last night like it was the last Steely Dan concert performance - EVER. I am glad I saw you and I wish you nothing but good times and endless applause as you trudge along the road to happiness. SURRENDER!! PS - Please do what you can to avoid contracting and passing COVID 38 to friends, family, and fans.

5.0 star rating Jessica Naylor from Las Vegas, Nevada

I LOVE JOHN MULANEY

JM is amazing. This was mine and my sisters first time seeing him live after obsessing over his other specials for many years. Most people are too busy being sensitive of people’s political opinions & have so many reserved opinions on people that they can’t enjoy the quality of an entire comedy show. I thought it was not only brave but inspiring for him to share very intimate and some no so flattering things that happened during his “spiral”/intervention. I’m also a huge fan of every single person he mentioned in the special and my sis and I were so glad to hear him talk about it because of course we did our research and knew about who was at his intervention. It was nice to hear him laugh at his pain like we normally do and to come out letting loose.

5.0 star rating Deb Rodrigo from Phoenix, Arizona

JOHN MULANEY IN PHOENIX

He was hilarious as always! I loved his transparency and authenticity. There wasn't a single thing he said that wasn't entertaining or very funny. I still chuckle when I reflect on his material. I'd pay to watch again and again, great show!

5.0 star rating AlienWater from Sacramento, California

EXCELLENT SHOW!

So glad I got to see JM in Sacramento. He was great. Happy to see he’s landed on his feet. I hope he stays sober. Content was good. Glad he could find humor in the mess that his life has been for the last couple years. His openers were great too. I’m a huge fan and only wish him the best.

5.0 star rating Michelle from Salt Lake City, Utah

GREAT SHOW FROM START TO FINISH!

Has a great time. John is one of my favorites. I love watching him on SNL. So happy he came to SLC and they showed him much Love.

5.0 star rating Kathy from Denver, Colorado

HILARIOUS!!!

John Mulaney was so entertaining and completely candid! Laughed so hard! Bonus act by Dave Chappell and Red Rocks was absolutely amazing!!

5.0 star rating Sheri from Tampa, Florida

GREAT SHOW!

Good to see him in person; he didn't disappoint!! Laughing throughout show. He's so clever and good to have him back!

5.0 star rating Jennifer C from Chicago, Illinois

LOVABLE IN A VERY REAL WAY

John Mulaney was as smart and hilarious as he has always been with a new willingness to be his vulnerable authentic self, warts and all. It made me like him even better. I never stopped laughing even as I was feeling empathy for what he and his family and friends have had to go through dealing with his addictions. Maybe he did some fine tuning of the show while on the road, but there were no awkward moments here in Chicago. Don’t miss a chance to see one of the all time greats.

5.0 star rating Candace from Vancouver, British Columbia

VANCOUVER AUG 11TH AUDIENCE ATMOSPHERE GREAT

A unique standout standup. The Vancouver crowd happily opened their arms to this guy and laughed like crazy. Looking forward to his return. One thing, though. Please don't repeat what we all saw on SNL. We support you and want you to stay well. It's time for moving on material, friend. And really, 12 year old children do not belong here.

5.0 star rating Carol R from Nashville, Tennessee

JOHN MULANEY ROCKS NASHVILLE

Great show at The Ryman last night! Every person in the audience was laughing so hard straight through the entire show and there was such honest and positive energy all around. Thanks for bringing back our humanity, you are a treasure for all of us!!

5.0 star rating Kerry Ostroski from Spring Hill, Florida

AWESOME SHOW!!!

My sister and I saw him last night (12-2-22) in Estero, Florida and he was so good. This was our first time seeing him live and he did not disappoint. Love his humor and delivery and will definitely go to see him again. *Please print my review as I am not a robot. lol

5.0 star rating Michael from Boston, Massachusetts

KILLED IT!

Being so close and the overall vibe was amazing. Highly suggest seeing it.

5.0 star rating D Burke from Boston, Massachusetts

LOVED IT!!!!

Mulaney just keeps getting better!! The jokes just kept coming and he is sooo clever and his delivery is perfect. He talked a lot about his addiction, going to recovery, and was so courageous for being so vulnerable. He is a model for putting himself out there and helping shrink the stigma. Again: so funny on all topics!!!

5.0 star rating Octavia from Burlington, NJ

LAUGHED OUT LOUD FROM START TO FINISH!

We saw John Mulaney, John Stewart and Pete Davidson. All three were hilarious, however, I was brought to tears several times by Mulaney. He is such a talented comedian and is unmatched in his delivery. Not many comedians can fill such a big theatre on a Sunday afternoon. I laughed all the way to the car.

5.0 star rating Kathy from St. Louis, Missouri

LOVED THE SHOW

Very fun evening with my daughter. He is brilliant and hilarious. I have watched all his Netflix shows so it was great to see him live. He is one of my favorite comedians.

4.0 star rating KR from Providence, Rhode Island

MULANEY WAS GREAT

If JM is going to team up with PD, he needs to have some honest conversations with him about his topics. Shocking topics from PD got minimal laughs from the audience. The first opener, Ricky Velez, was great and left the audience laughing and ready for more laughs. JM was his usual quick witted funny after recovering the audience from PD’s mocking of people with disabilities and sex with babies!!! JM needs no help from his friends. He’s funny, smart and totally entertaining.

4.0 star rating Len from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A VERY FUNNY PERFORMANCE (BUT TOO MUCH ABOUT HIS DRUG REHAB EXPERIENCE)

My fiance and I looked forward to seeing Mr. Mullaney live and we were not disappointed. He is a very, very funny man with a gift for writing comedy. I just wish the entire show had not revolved around his bout with drugs and his rehab experience. Honestly, it got a little old for me about 50 minutes into his routine, and he rarely deviated from that theme. This show is not for children, although there were some children in the audience, including one 12 year-old the night we saw the show that Mr. Mullaney had a back-and-forth with. We are happy that he has reckoned with his drug use, which was destroying his life and career. I am hoping that the next time I see him perform live there will be other themes for him to explore.

3.0 star rating SF from Providence, Rhode Island

NOT HIS BEST

Don’t think teaming up with PD did him any favors. JM just didn’t deliver the usual belly laughs. And the ‘hate Trump bit’ was extra and unnecessary.

3.0 star rating Jr from Cape cod

HOLLYWOOD KID

I think this show was different because you can see how hollywood has changed him. He was sharp and witty and his normal self mostly but hearing about his celebrity intervention and him complaining about nobody recognizing him at the rehab made him highly unrelatable. And him begging the audience to buy tshirts was insulting after i spent $300 for two balcony seats, especially after he essentially stated he spent probably what was hundreds of thousands dollars worth of drugs. It was a good show but it just reminded me of why i hate celebrities. I thought he was different but i guess not.

2.0 star rating Fayaway Canale from Seattle, Washington

JOHN MULANEY

Fantastic! Great energy awesome night. Thanks John!

2.0 star rating CAyano from St. Louis, MO

LACKED INSIGHT

I have enjoyed John's previous stand ups and Specials (New in Town was good). Unfortunately, his live standup was not funny. I'm glad he's clean and happy with his life. I found him to be a poor story teller. He dropped a lot of names of semi famous comedian friends who staged his intervention. His jokes would probably be funny to those who are in his friend circle but to strangers like me they were flat and lacked insightfulness. At one point, he picked on an audience member who came out of rehab the night of the show and John Mullaney completely demeaned the seriousness of alcoholism. To quote Mullaney: "just alcoholism, come I'll show you the way" and he proceeded to list his own addictions of stimulants (Aderall, cocaine) and benzodiazepines as if those are "superior" alcoholism. Clearly a man in his 40s with very little insight and poor grasp of what an addiction is. Alcohol is not a scheduled drug but it is quite dangerous and with fatal withdrawal. Obviously, I don't expect Mullaney to have a good grasp of the disease process but I was hoping he would be more sympathetic. I would've overlooked the above mentioned lack of judgment if he was funny. Alas, he was not.

2.0 star rating Chris Marr ( seen in Poughkeepsie) from New York, New York

UNFUNNY, SELFISH COMEDIAN ADDED INSULT TO INJURY BY MAKING US WAIT OUTSIDE FOR AN HOUR "LOCKING" OUR PHONES !

Shameful,selfish comedian spent an hour selfishly discussing his drug addictions proudly unabashedly revealing his inner most gruesome self. Not only did we have to listen to tales of addiction, recovery, intervention, but we were forced to listen to blab blab about how to illegally score, how he is surrounded by celebrities whose personal cell numbers he clearly has but also grossly discuss's his personal wealth such to the extent that he has people that control his funds, but luckily had an extra credit card w/ clearly a high enough credit limit to waltz into Tourneau & purchase a $12K Rolex for which to simply sell to buy coke. The whole thing for him I suppose was catharsis, however for us it was just boring & unfair. Frankly, since we the audience provided his "obvious catharsis" it should he who should be paying us as audience therapists ! Complete, utter waste of our time. The only time I laughed was because I was able to slip my phone into the venue and bypass his further conceited "requirements" of locking my property. (although we were forced to wait in the cold online for an hr missing the opening act. P.S. Lenny Bruce wasn't really funny and neither was Richard Pryor after lighting himself on fire .Try making us laugh with you not at you next time John

1.0 star rating from St. Louis, Missouri

POST-REHAB ROUTINE SUCKS

Not funny. We left. We weren’t the first to go. Whole thing with both the 8 year old & guy who got out of alcohol rehab earlier that day were pitiful. Needed Routine Intervention. Some Adventures in Intervention ok, but not whole act & it was the whole routine. At least A/C worked

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